Tascam

Tascam revolutionised home recording with their cassette-based Portastudio, but haven't yet offered a budget digital version to compete with the Fostex DMT8/D80 and Roland VS880. Now their 4-track MiniDisc-based 564 is almost ready. Paul White gets a sneak preview...

Paul White takes Tascam's new dual cassette deck into the studio for practical trials.

Tascam have long been one of the big guns in the mid-range recording mixer market. Now they enter the digital mixer arena with a desk aimed at music and post-production work. Hugh Robjohns runs his digits all over it.

Paul White gets out and about with the Tascam DAP1 and discovers the joys of collecting sounds outside the studio.

Paul White checks over the latest incarnation of an old friend.

Paul White studio tests least expensive digital desk currently on the market and asks, "is the writing on the wall for small analogue mixers?"

Tascam's CD-RW5000 is one of the more cost-effective CD recorders around that can make use of the cheaper 'pro' blank discs — and the company have also released a useful box that can duplicate both audio CDs and CD-ROMs. Paul White checks them over.

Tascam's MX2424 hard disk recorder aims to provide professional 24-track digital recording features at an affordable price, combining the simplicity of tape recorder-style operation with the flexibility of computer editing. Paul White finds out how well it achieves these aims.

Tascam have updated their ubiquitous DTRS format with an affordable and compatible 24-bit modular digital multitrack. Hugh Robjohns tries out the DA78HR.

In SOS June '99 we reviewed the original Tascam CD‑D4000, a 2U CD duplicator capable of replicating complete...